Forestry In Indonesia Research Articles

Complementing The Access Theory by Collaborative Approach in Indonesia Social Forestry Context

Many previous studies examine social forestry in Indonesia from 2016-2020 which describing the factors relate to the implementation. Beyond the previous studies, this paper clustering and mapping the factors through access theory and further complement access theory by a collaborative approach in the social forestry implementation context. Qualitative desk research is used to examine 39 papers with Nvivo 12. The result shows there are two elements of the four elements of structure-relational access mechanism (SRAM) that have positive effects on social forestry implementation, while three elements of the five elements of the SRAM element give a negative effect. In turn, there are various unclustered factors which not a part of SRAM that affects social forestry implementation both positive or negative. These unclustered factors are the blank spaces of access theory which complemented by a collaborative approach, there are “participation” and “equity” which supported by “effective communication”. With a collaborative approach, the scope becomes wider that not only analyze in individual scope, but also in organizational scope, and the benefit can be seen by outside stakeholder through community contribution in social forestry implementation.

Social innovation in social forestry: seeking better management for sustainable forest in Indonesia

The Indonesian state and local community have been conducting forest co-management as part of a new social forestry program initiative. This initiative is proposed to overcome environmental degradation as well as to enhance community well-being by increasing economic outcome of the forest. However, this program has the potential for conflict because of asymmetry between resources dedicated to approving social forestry permits versus capacity building, monitoring, and evaluating management outcomes. The social innovation approaches have been adopted as a potential solution to address complex social forestry program. This article aims to explore how social innovation and village governance in forest communities works. The research framework is designed by modifying the social innovation concept from the Theoretical, Empirical and Policy Foundations for Building Social Innovation in Europe (TEPSIE). Qualitative method is applied, by conducting in-depth interview and focus group discussion with forest policy experts, village authorities, and other stakeholders. Two neighbouring villages namely Sirnajaya and Tugu Utara in the Bogor District, West Java are visited. Sirnajaya represents village with strong government support by the Pilot Program for Incubation of Village Innovation in Local Economic Development (PIID-PEL), while Tugu Utara represents a strong society initiative in local development. The result reveals that social innovation has worked at different phases. However, good cooperation between formal and informal actors can have a better outcome on village development, compared to if each moves independently. The extension of social innovation and network of development can become an engine of village growth to the larger scope. The successful management for social forestry in Indonesia needs to be based on a hybrid governance model that needs to be “good” and “proper”. Therefore, the designs and practices for social forestry governance must be developed in more socially inclusive, reflected local social-economic, political, and cultural conditions.

Can money grow on trees? Enhancing community-based commercial forestry in Indonesia

Can money grow on trees? Enhancing community-based commercial forestry in Indonesia

Kajian Korupsi sebagai Proses Sosial: Melacak Korupsi di Sektor Sumber Daya Alam di Indonesia

Corruption action develops way more advance compare to corruption studies in Indonesia. Corruption studies are mostly focusing on institutional corruption or using an institutional approach to understand corruption. This research offers to understand corruption better using actor-based and network approaches. Utilising social network analysis (SNA), researchers unpacking corrupt relational actors in natural resources, especially in oil and gas and forestry in Indonesia. We collected six important findings; corruption creates dependencies amongst actors; to be corrupt, an actor must have a strong network and resources that can offer and deliver multi-interests. Corrupt action is a repeated action that creates interlocking relations amongst actors. Interlocking relation serves as a safety belt for each chauffeur. Institutionalisation of corrupt networks only requires a strong corrupt network. The institutionalised corrupt networks shape a shortcut both for the private and public sectors-a short cut that makes bribery and exchange permits possible.

KEBIJAKAN PEMBANGUNAN KESATUAN PENGELOLAAN HUTAN DI INDONESIA: SUATU TEROBOSAN DALAM MENCIPTAKAN PENGELOLAAN HUTAN LESTARI

The purpose of this study is to find out why forest management through the development policy of the Forest Management Unit in Indonesia is needed and how the challenges of building a Forest Management Unit in the implementation of forestry in Indonesia. This study uses normative research methods with data sources in the form of primary and secondary legal materials. The results showed that the development policy of the Forest Management Unit is needed for the benefit of community development in optimizing the management and utilization of potential funding for climate management of the regional forestry sector either at the provincial, district / city level or management unit level as well as challenges in the implementation of forests in Indonesia including limitations of professional human resources (HR), support of local governments that are not optimal, the disharmony of relationships, social conflicts and economic interests.

Medical Waste Management: The Need For Effective Regulation of The Minister of Environment And Forestry In Indonesia

Waste resulting from an activity or production is highly undesirable in human life because waste negatively impacts life, especially for human health. Hospitals are one of the institutions that produce considerable waste and can have a devastating impact on the environment. Because medical waste has the potential to cause problems for the environment as well as to human health. The most dangerous hospital waste is infectious medical waste. Experts and skilled should appropriately handle infectious waste in its management. This research is empirical legal research using a statutory, conceptual, and sociological approach. As well as conducting interviews and observations with the analysis used is qualitative descriptive analysis. It is expected that the management and management of the hospital can carry out the medical waste treatment by the regulations that have been published by the government, and the government must carry out strict supervision so that medical waste does not cause pollution to the environment.

Social Forestry: The Balance between Welfare and Ecological Justice

Poverty and climate change mitigation are connected to each other, so one of the policies adopted by the Indonesian government is managing forests with social forestry schemes. Where social forestry aims at prospering the poor and preserve forests. A balance between the two is needed because it is not only part of forest land, but it also considers justice for the community to get prosperous rights and realize ecological justice. The dynamics of social forestry in Indonesia are characterized by policies and regulations, but in various regions, people have succeeded in increasing their welfare while making forests sustainable. It was concluded that social forestry builds ecological strategic values that guarantee the sustainability of forest functions managed by the community. It can succeed if policies and regulations in Indonesia provide legal certainty over the rights to community-managed forest land.

The Development of Social Forestry in Indonesia:

The phenomenon of sustainable forest management failure in Indonesia faces the reality of incompatible economic, social, and environmental approaches. Conventional forest management always assumes that good forests are only managed by the government through concession permit policies to large capital owners that are top-down and accompanied by a minimum condition of community involvement, which should be a key factor. Learning from the experience, Indonesia began to see the concept of social forestry as one of the efforts in the progress of a more sustainable development. Social forestry positions that the party that feels the greatest success or failure from forest management is the community around the forest itself. Communities must obtain the greatest access and incentives to manage forestry businesses as a source of life while preventing damage. In recent years, the agrarian reform program through social forestry is a breakthrough government program that is becoming increasingly demanded by communities. The rights to manage their surrounding lands in accordance with ancestral local wisdom are expected to be able to answer economic and ecological challenges. This paper specifically presents the development of social forestry and its issues and recommendations in the context of national development in Indonesia. The ecological harmony between humans and nature is a consideration of the importance of social forestry as a program to be continuously supported by the government, as well as to prioritize economic aspects in the principle of sustainable development.

Evaluation of the Regulation Changes on Environment and Forestry in Indonesia

This article aims to examine the correlation between the concept of proper enforcement of the law as stipulated in Article 5 (2) of the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia and the establishment and implementation of government regulation on environment and forestry. This article is a normative legal research with statute, historical, and conceptual approaches. The result shows that proper legal enforcement means two things, namely, establishment and enactment of government regulation by the President and the content of the regulation that does not contradict the law. Failure to comply with the law means the President does not establish or enforce a government regulation as mandated or the content of the regulation is not in line with the law. If the President does form or enforce the implementation of government regulation, this means that the President violates his oath and promise to uphold the Constitution and to serve the nation. If the content of the regulation contradicts with the law, it can be canceled. In this situation, the government needs to realign the content of existing regulations. The ministry involved in legal drafting is called to oversee the content and follow through with revisions. All party involves in the making of law and regulation, such as the People Representatives, the President, or the Minister, is reminded to carefully formulate a government regulation.

How NGO fulfill the complex scheme of social forestry: a resume of SF scheme in Indonesia

The Indonesian government shows a great commitment in allocating forests for community management through social forestry policies covering an area of 13,847,722 ha. The role of NGOs in realizing the implementation of social forestry in Indonesia cannot be ignored. They impetus the community to get legal permits in forest management, assist in preparing business plans, area management plans, and institutional management. This article explores the role of NGOs in the implementation of social forestry during the Jokowi-JK administration. We support the argument that NGOs play an important role in the implementation of social forestry, as evidenced by the achievement of permits and policies of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry recognizes that NGOs are formally involved in social forestry implementation.

Elaboration of Forest Management Aspect in Indonesia 's Forestry Legal Perspective

RESEARCH law on the Elaboration Aspects of Forest Management in Perspectieve Indonesian Forestry Law is implemented based on the research law methode of normative. From elaboration, it was found that the essentially utan as a gift of God Almighty has various dimensions that are positive. As national development capital has tangible benefits for the life and life of the Indonesian people, both ecological, social, cultural and economic benefits , in a balanced and dynamic way. For that the forest must be protected, managed, utilized, protected and preserved continuously for the welfare of the community, both present and future generations. Ecologically, in position as one determinant of the life support systems, forests have been of great benefit to mankind, therefore, must be preserved. In this connection, forest has a role as a buffer and balancer of the global environment . So closely related to the global and international dimensions becomes very important, while still prioritizing national interests1. Forests have a role as a buffer and balancer of the global environment, so that its relationship with the international world becomes very important, while still prioritizing national interests. In the case of forest destruction, the impact is not only threatening the lives of the people of Indonesia, but also the world community and damaging the conditions and accelerating the pace of global warming. Forest destruction and degradation in Indonesia is caused by various things. One of them is due to the legislation governing forestry in all aspects related to denganny a (land, mining, plantation, spatial, environmental, Government authorities and local government and so on are not organized in a legal system that is comprehensive, harmonious and synchronous either vertically or horizontally. Sekaitan with it, overall legal principles forestry incarnated in various forms of legislation and regulations forestry are arranged in a legal system. If not, it will be easy to cause conflict between the rule of law itself. Keywords: Forest Management , Indonesia; Forestry Law DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/93-04 Publication date: January 31 st 2020

The improvement of Cipunagara River quality (BOD parameter) based on pollution load analysis of domestic, agriculture, farming and industrial activities

In many regions in Indonesia, rivers play a very important role to support the life activities of the communities. One of the rivers in West Java – Indonesia is Cipunagara River, which supports the biggest catchment in Subang Regency, West Java. Past research has shown that growing activities in the catchment area of the river has caused the quality deterioration of Cipunagara River. The importance of the river is multiplied because the river will also be used as the source of water for Sadawarna and Cilame Reservoirs. This paper aims at analyzing the pollution load on Cipunagara River, for the water quality parameter of BOD, from various activities. The analysis was undertaken by selecting the most important segment of the river using several criteria. Once the segment was selected, both existing and projected pollution loads were calculated based on the guidance from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia. Results show that total pollution loads of BOD from livestock, domestic, agriculture and industrial sectors exceed the maximum pollution level in Cipunagara River. The calculated pollution load for BOD parameter is: 6,391.21 kg/d with the maximum pollution load (based on PP 82/2001 Kelas 1) is 2,355.26 kg/d. These results were then used as the inputs in the BOD Model simulations to analyze possible strategies in improving the quality of Cipunagara River.

Responsibilization and social forestry in Indonesia

The current expansion of social forestry in Indonesia represents an unprecedented transfer of forest management responsibilities to user-groups across the archipelago. The Indonesian state aims to formalize co-management across 12.7 Mha of forest area to enhance community well-being and environmental as well as economic outcomes for the Indonesian public. Contemporary social forestry in Indonesia thus represents a form of natural resource responsibilization. Analyzing Indonesian social forestry as a process of responsibilization provides insight into how social forestry is performed, whether the alignment between community well-being and societal benefits is valid, and existing tensions that occur through the responsibilization of communities for forest management. Using responsibilization theory to examine social forestry policy, this research first identifies the activities that create social forestry in Indonesia and responsibilize new actors for forest management. The transfer of specific control rights to user-groups occurs through a constellation of administrative actors, bureaucratic activities, and virtual platforms. These activities reify user-groups and seek to unite community well-being objectives with environmental and economic benefits to the larger Indonesian public. However, the responsibilization of user-groups for forest management results in three important tensions. First, well-being and well-doing objectives are not always aligned and result in important trade-offs concerning community empowerment. Second, social forestry initiatives are seemingly optional, but they lack free-entry and formal channels for challenging state decisions. Third, at present there is an asymmetry between resources dedicated to approving social forestry permits versus capacity building, monitoring, and evaluating management outcomes. These three tensions provide insights for social forestry in one of the world's most significant tropical forest countries, and they point to promising future work in advancing scholarship on natural resource management and responsibilization.

Megatrends affecting smallholder forestry in Indonesia to the year 2030

This paper identifies and explores megatrends with major implications for smallholder-based commercial forestry in Indonesia to the year 2030. A megatrend is a cluster of trends that represent a significant shift in the condition of the environment, economy or society, with major implications over the longer term. Megatrend analysis is one example of foresighting, an approach which complements traditional forestry sector outlook studies. The eight megatrends explore the dynamics of Indonesia's urbanising population; their rising incomes and education rates, manifest in an expanding middle class and changing demands; the imperative to provide for the needs of the still-many poor; the tension between market-based opportunities and the Indonesian bureaucracy, inadequate physical infrastructure and vested interests; Indonesia's place as a global hotspot of forest and biodiversity loss; the consequences of climate change; the emerging digital and technology-driven economy and society; and the possible impacts of both natural and man-made crises. These megatrends and their component subtrends have various implications for smallholder forestry; we identify best, worst and more likely case scenarios as starting points for further research.

Max Weber in the tropics: How global climate politics facilitates the bureaucratization of forestry in Indonesia

AbstractReducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is one of the most advanced global climate governance arrangements and we show that it contributes to the buildup of autonomous capacities and reliable procedures in areas of rather limited statehood. These partially unintended effects can be conceptualized as an increasing rational–legal bureaucratization, which has been initiated through both external and domestic actors as we illuminate in the case of Indonesia's forestry sector in the period from 2007 until 2017. Our finding is that a bureaucratization of a new kind is increasingly strengthened in Indonesia's forest despite enduring patterns of neopatrimonialism, emerging signs of new public management approaches, and the strengthening of functional equivalents such as community‐based forest management. We thus claim that Max Weber's perspective on the prospects and problems of rational–legal bureaucratization is still valuable, even when travelling to the tropics.

Mainstreaming community-based forest management in West Sumatra: Social forestry arguments, support, and implementation

Although social forestry in Indonesia is envisioned as a policy for recognizing local practices to forest management, research is still limited. This research describes conditions of social forestry policy in West Sumatra Province as a form of mainstreaming community-based forest management. This paper provides the context of social forestry arguments, its support, and subsequent implementation. The research approach is qualitative, using a case study method. Data collection was conducted through unstructured interviews, field observations, and document studies. The analysis used categorization and coding, historical analysis, document analysis, and descriptive policy analysis. The findings revealed that the arguments for social forestry schemes were based on the persistence of state forest conflicts, forest degradation and deforestation threats, as well as human resource limitations of forestry officers. The Provincial government then initiated stakeholder support, mainly from non-governmental organizations. Social forestry implementation at the site in West Sumatra thus focused on providing development assistance programs after granting management rights to local people, as well as initiating similar schemes in other villages. Our discussions considered challenges that should be addressed, including the approach to granting management rights to secure a management area, the process of developing participatory institutions, synchronizing provincial government policies to overcome forest degradation and deforestation, and initiating activities for strengthening community solidarity and agency.

Analisis Kelembagaan dalam Monitoring Kualitas Air Sungai Ciliwung di Wilayah Provinsi DKI Jakarta

Institutional research and policy analysis of water quality monitoring of the Ciliwung River has been conducted since the year 2015. This activity is the result of cooperation between the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia and the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology. Due to the complexity of the Ciliwung River flows and water quality problem that passed the administrative authority of DKI Jakarta, the methodology of this study was emphasized in depth interviews to stakeholders in the management of the Ciliwung River. The plan to install some online system of river water quality monitoring is expected to run well and in accordance with existing laws and regulations. In addition, the readiness of the operationalization of this monitoring system to run well. Institutional strengthening forms and open method of coordination can be adopted to reduce communication and coordination barriers that are rigid and Weberian. From this study it is concluded that Jakarta Environmental Management Agency is the strongest candidate as one of the managers of online monitoring system of Ciliwung river water quality. Institutionally public intervention on river management in general can suppress water quality pollution which can threat n the health of people living around Jakarta area. Online Mortitoring system can be utilized by preparing a reliable institutional arrangements

Understanding the timber value chain in community-based forestry in Indonesia: Analysis of sengon in central Java

ABSTRACTThe commercial opportunities for sengon (Paraserianthes falcataria L. Nielsen) are expanding rapidly in Indonesia, but there remains a lack of supply for the processing industry of the desired volume and quality of timber for processing from this fast-grown tree. This article discusses recent analysis of the value chain of sengon in Indonesia to determine (i) who the stakeholders were and how each added value, and (ii) how the benefits were distributed among stakeholders. Information was collected from a mix of farmers (as tree growers) and other actors involved in the value chain. The research revealed two broad types of value chains for sengon–‘direct’ and ‘traditional’, with the potential increased income for farmers being as high as 35% when they use the direct approach, compared to the traditional approach. As expected, the further ‘downstream’ the position of the stakeholder in the value chain, the greater the monetary value added to the sengon timber and subsequent products. If farmers were to acquire a greater understanding of the market dynamics for sengon, they could better target the sale of their forest products to specific market segments and make forestry a more profitable enterprise. While village traders in the traditional value chain play an important role connecting small-scale tree growers to commercial markets, the sustained viability of their role is uncertain if more farmers adopt the ‘direct’ approach.

The Regulation of Sustainable Mangroves and Coastal Zones Management in Indonesia

Mangroves are part of the forest ecosystem as a whole and lives between land and sea. Mangroves are very important in the management of coastal resources in Indonesia. In addition to having influence in the coastal ecological system, mangroves also have economic potential, which is derived from three main sources, namely: forestry, fisheries estuaries, and coastal/internal waters. Mangroves have an important role in protecting coastal and maintaining the habitat for several species with diversity in certain coastal zones. In the past 5 years, the condition of mangrove forests has decreased both in number and in their wide function as a buffer in the coastal zone. This was triggered by loosening licensing by the municipality or province to the entrepreneurs settlement, a location exploitation permit for companies or sites that are not environmentally friendly. This deterioration was also caused by overlapping legislation and mangrove forest management authority as part of the natural resources in coastal zones as well as illegal logging in mangrove forests. The research method used in this paper is normative juridical, with the conceptual and statute approach. Based on data from the Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia, there are coastal zones in Indonesia that still have good potentials and vast areas of mangrove forests such as those in Papua, Eastern Borneo and Southern Borneo, Riau and South Sumatra. Sustainable and integrated management are necessary to prevent the loss of mangrove areas in Indonesia. The mangrove management should be integrated and sustainable and be based on local community.

The Forest Resources Information System to Support Sustainable Forest Management: Case Study Perum Perhutani

Forest resources information system aims to provide accurate and complete information periodically to support effective and efficient decision-making process. Perum Perhutani is the oldest state-owned enterprise for forestry in Indonesia. They have been developed sustainable forest management include the information system. Although forest resources information system already exists, forest quality decreases time by time. This research study aims to improve the effectiveness of forest resources information system in Perum Perhutani related to forest resources management. This study focused the observation on 1) mechanism and supporting variables of forest resources information system and 2) influence of forest resources information system on the decision-making process. Mechanism and supporting variables of forest resources information system show how is forest resources information system been working to support the decision-making process. The research was conducted by reviewing literature and depth interviewing with key informants. The results showed that the current forest resources information system could not support sustainable forest management in Perum Perhutani. This information system has weakness in data and information, procedures, technology, and user. Decision-making process highly adopts technocratic paradigm, centralized, and technically dominated by decision-maker preferences which give direct affect on information management at the site level. Forest management unit as a manager at the site level become information provider but have no authority to use information to decide management Keywords: